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Center for Sustainable Engineering
The goal of the Center is to develop and implement activities to enhance education in Sustainable Engineering at colleges and universities around the world.
Sustainable Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology has launched a new graduate program in sustainable engineering – becoming the first university in the nation to offer a master’s level program in the discipline.
Sustainable Water Infrastructure | Water | US EPA
In 2002, the U.S. EPA released the Clean Water and Drinking Water Gap Analysis Report. This report estimated that if investment in water and wastewater infrastructure doesn’t increase to address anticipated needs, the funding gap over the next 20 years could grow to $122 billion for Clean Water capital costs and $102 billion for Drinking Water capital costs.
Engineering for Sustainable Development
This guide on sustainable development addresses sustainability for engineering applications. Published by The Royal Academy of Engineering.
Educating Students in Sustainable Engineering
Special Issue on Educating Students in Sustainable Engineering in International Journal of Engineering Education
Benchmarking Sustainable Engineering Education: Final Report
Results of an assessment of educational programs and materials in Sustainable Engineering around the US.
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The primary objectives of this project were to: (1) identify accredited engineering programs at US institutions that incorporate sustainability concepts into engineering curricula and within these programs characterize the design decision levels being employed and the degree to which information and concepts from non-engineering disciplines are being employed; (2) identify faculty who incorporate sustainability concepts into their research and other activities; (3) map results into a sustainability matrix that captures system complexity and size and the degree to which data and concepts from non-engineering disciplines are being employed; (4) identify best practices for sustainability engineering and leading contributors to sustainability engineering education; and (5) develop a preliminary roadmap with a protocol for a more formal roadmap that will define a path for achieving excellence in sustainability engineering education in the United States.
Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability - Virginia Tech
The Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability (CLiGS), a center within Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment (CNRE) and based in the National Capital Region (NCR), provides education, research, and leadership to navigate in a rapidly changing world towards a more sustainable future. Bringing together faculty and students from Virginia Tech with partners from other educational, business, civic, and government institutions, CLiGS is dedicated to exploring and facilitating collaborative approaches to sustainable development in globally interconnected ecological, economic, and social environments. CLiGS offers a range of graduate education and professional development programs to prepare students to be leaders in environmental and natural resource sustainability.